Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 08:17:03 -0453 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Docker Message-ID: <557988D8.6020108@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <20150611125414.6ec3c597.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20150610111135.C81EE2319B@smtp.hushmail.com> <CAC4WUHrcH6FAUBoTnQWcfy%2Bj=HAGDBvzq8U%2B88maUAmB0kuOkg@mail.gmail.com> <20150610165244.0c6f2ed7.freebsd@edvax.de> <1507965.zgzlHR604A@thinkpad> <20150611125414.6ec3c597.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On 06/11/15 06:00, Polytropon wrote: > Well, I wouldn't say it's entirely impossible to get a Docker > implementation running on FreeBSD, but probably it won't work > 1:1 with all imaginable software - I conclude this from the > concept of being able to run Linux applications on FreeBSD > using our Linux ABI, which works for_many_ applications, but > not for_all_ of them, especially not for those relying on > Linux kernel mechanisms that the ABI doesn't provide a proper > "translation" for. In those cases it's probably easier to use > native FreeBSD solutions: install the ported application into > a Jail. Yes, I know, Docker is much more than Jail in terms > of functionality... > > Maybe related: > > Erich Schubert: > The sad state of sysadmin in the age of containers > > http://www.vitavonni.de/blog/201503/2015031201-the-sad-state-of-sysadmin-in-the-age-of-containers.html Hmmmmm .... interesting read. One of the reasons I am migrating to *BSD is the presumed absence of malevolent gov't involvement (*cough* SELinux *cough*), I thought the BSD's were mostly/entirely free from such, no ? -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
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